Difference between Beat and Round

What is the difference between Beat and Round?

Beat as an adjective is (gay slang) fabulous while Round as an adjective is circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

Beat

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (gay slang) fabulous exhausted

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike. To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm. To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel someone in a particular, competitive event. To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip. (impersonal): It beats X Y = X cannot understand Y, where Y is an indirect question.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pulsation or throb. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece. A rhythm. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency A pause with the camera focused on one shot, often a characters face (often used in screenplays/teleplays). The route of a patrol by a guard or officer as in walk the beat. In newspapering, the primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.). A small part of a dramatic play. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music. A beatnik.

Example sentence: A bad system will beat a good person every time.

Round

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.PlumpComplete, whole, not lacking.Of a number that has been rounded off or approximated.Pronounced with the mouth open in the shape of an "O".

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Alternative form of around.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Alternative form of around.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A circular object.A circular or repetitious route; hospital rounds.An general outburst from a group of people at an event.A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.A single individual portion or dose of medicine.A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.A bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Cf. round shot and solid shot.One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.A stage in a competition.In some sports', e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shape something into a curve.To finish; to complete; to fill out.To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.To turn past a boundary.To turn and attack someone or thing.To advance to home plate.To whisper.

Example sentence: I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

We hope you now know whether to use Beat or Round in your sentence.

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